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Show Local Forest Supervisor Elected As New Utah Range Management Head Albert Albertson, Cedar City, supervisor of the Dixie national forest, was elected president of the Utah Section of the American Society of Range Management at its annual meeting Dec. 1 in the Federal building in Salt Lake City. Max Robinson, professor of range management, Branch Agricultural Agri-cultural college, was named secretary sec-retary of the organization. Speakers on the program Included In-cluded some of the foremost forest, for-est, range and wildlife authorities authori-ties of the state. Tracy R. Welling, commissioner commission-er of the state department of agriculture discussed "The Halo-geton Halo-geton Problem", pointing out that the department's main task is to publicize the problem adequately adequate-ly and to get sufficient appropriations appropri-ations to wage an effective campaign. cam-paign. A report of the halogeton committee of the USAC, headed by Dr. L. A. Stoddart, showed the results of experiments conducted con-ducted at the agricultural college on the effects of halogeton on stock, quantities and combinations combina-tions under which stock are affected af-fected by the plant. "The Soil Profile in Range Management" was discussed by O. C. Olson, soil scientist for the Division of Flood Control, U. S. Forest Service, at Ogden. Mr. Olson indicated that range having less than six inches of topsoil cannot be grazed without with-out harmful results. Harold Crane, big game sup-1 ervisor for the Utah Fish and' Game department, declared that ) more of a scientific approach must be assumed in range management man-agement to prevent overgrazing, which seriously cuts the supply of food required by big game animals. A panel consisting of Heber Sargent, president of the East Hoytsville Range Co., John E. Burt, Jr., of the Utah State Board of Forestry and Fire Control, and James P. Blaisdell, of the Inter-mountain Inter-mountain Forest and Range Ex-periment Ex-periment station. Dubois. Idaho. Jfyy : J ALBERT ALBERTSON discussed "The Place of Fire in Range Management." The successful burning of sagebrush -covered range at East Hoytsville and replacement of the sage with edible grasses was praised, although members of the panel stressed that considerable caution must be exercised in burning to prevent damage that could not be offset even by successful suc-cessful reseeding with grasses. "The Use of Bentonite in Lining Lin-ing Stockwater Reservoirs" was described by Richard Greenland of the Bureau of Land Management, Manage-ment, Richfield. Bentonite, a mineral found at Redmond, has been placed in the bottom of stockwater reservoirs to prevent excessive loss of water through seepage, Mr. Greenland said. Other business of the meeting meet-ing included reports by the president presi-dent and secretary, committee meetings and reports, and in-I in-I troduction of the officers for 1952. Dr. Wayne C. Cook, of the USAC, Logan, is the retiring president, pres-ident, while Dr. Odell Julander, 1 U. S. Forest Service, Ogden, was secretary in 1951. |